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7/16/2025, 4:44:26 PM
>According to the National Statistical Office, cases of marriages between Korean men and Japanese women have recently surged. Last year, there were 1,178 couples formed between Korean husbands and Japanese wives, which is a 40% increase from the previous year. In contrast, marriages between Korean women and Japanese men last year amounted to only 147 couples.
>This information was also reported by the Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai on the 13th. The article included a quote from A, a 40-something male executive working at a large corporation in Korea, who said, 'If I get married, it must be to a Japanese woman. They seem to be polite and many of them enjoy cooking.'
>Nihon Keizai also featured the case of Ms. B (28), a Japanese woman living about an hour away by train from Seoul. Ms. B has loved K-dramas and K-pop idols since middle school and worked part-time in Shinjuku, Tokyo's Korean town, during high school. She later came to Korea on a working holiday visa and met her Korean husband (34), who runs his own business through a matchmaking app.
>Aya Ishikawa (27), a Japanese woman who entered Korea this year on a working holiday visa, said on the 16th to ChosunBiz, 'Once I resolve the visa issue, I want to live in Korea indefinitely,' adding, 'I am also considering marrying a Korean man.'
>Ishikawa, who graduated from a four-year university in Japan, could have found employment locally if she wanted. The employment rate for graduates in Japan is around 98%. Ishikawa remarked, 'I worked as an intern at a Japanese corporation, but there was an atmosphere that belittled women. That made me feel that Japanese society did not suit me.'
>This information was also reported by the Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai on the 13th. The article included a quote from A, a 40-something male executive working at a large corporation in Korea, who said, 'If I get married, it must be to a Japanese woman. They seem to be polite and many of them enjoy cooking.'
>Nihon Keizai also featured the case of Ms. B (28), a Japanese woman living about an hour away by train from Seoul. Ms. B has loved K-dramas and K-pop idols since middle school and worked part-time in Shinjuku, Tokyo's Korean town, during high school. She later came to Korea on a working holiday visa and met her Korean husband (34), who runs his own business through a matchmaking app.
>Aya Ishikawa (27), a Japanese woman who entered Korea this year on a working holiday visa, said on the 16th to ChosunBiz, 'Once I resolve the visa issue, I want to live in Korea indefinitely,' adding, 'I am also considering marrying a Korean man.'
>Ishikawa, who graduated from a four-year university in Japan, could have found employment locally if she wanted. The employment rate for graduates in Japan is around 98%. Ishikawa remarked, 'I worked as an intern at a Japanese corporation, but there was an atmosphere that belittled women. That made me feel that Japanese society did not suit me.'
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